Codex Vatopedinus 602
The Codex Vatopedinus 602 is a parchment manuscript in Greek from the late 13th century. It contains the books Leviticus to Ruth as fragments of an octa uch . 469 sheets with 164 colored miniatures have been preserved. These represent a synthesis of ancient, early and middle Byzantine pictorial elements. Two artist personalities who worked on the work can be separated.
The manuscript is in the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos in Greece with the signature Cod. Vatop. 602.
literature
- Sotiris Kadas, Octateuch of the Monastery of Vatopedi (Codex 602) , Hiera Megistē Monē Vatopaidiou Agion Oros, 2000.
- Kurt Weitzmann , Massimo Bernabò: The Byzantine Octateuchs. Mount Athos, Vatopedi Monastery, Codex 602 (...) . (= The Illustrations in the Manuscripts of the Septuagint Volume 2). Princeton 1999, ISBN 0691007225 , LCCN 98-042444 , with many illustrations
- P. Huber: Image and message. Byzantine miniatures from the Old and New Testament. Zurich / Freiburg i. B. 1973.